Remain and reform is wishful thinking – the left should vote leave | Nigel Willmott
by Nigel Willmott from on (#1J0GS)
I hoped the EU would spread social democracy. Instead it has imposed austerity to pay for an unregulated financial system. Working-class people are right to vote against it
On Thursday, despite a wobble over the horrible killing of Jo Cox and Ukip's appalling poster, I shall be voting to leave the EU - the same way I voted in the 1975 referendum. However, there is no straight line from one to the other. I have been for many years a strong supporter of the EU and am slightly surprised to be making this choice. But an EU that is now based on mass unemployment and mass migration is not one worth supporting.
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